My girlfriend is fortunate enough to have been blessed with 4000 dollars in money from her employer for "educational and technology" purposes which is generally spent on academic conferences, however she can't go this year which means I get to spend it on an awesome gaming rig for us. My idea is inspired by callsignvega's setup over in overclock.net forums seen here
http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=IyQoFPO8RyA&desktop_uri=%2...
I have the same Monitors listed in my partlist but given that we enjoy games more like bioshock and skyrim for pure beauty rather than gaining a competitive advantage in shooters with an ultra fast refresh rate I'm thinking an ips might be better, any recommendation for a 24" with an ultra thin bezel(or debezelable to be ultra thin)? I'm looking to use this stand from wsgf
http://www.wsgf.org/products/freedom-wsgf-edition-ultim....
Looking in the future to possibly liquid cool and/or add Additional cards. Additionally in reading about some of the high end builds through toms hardware people were opting for the 2011 socket which in my understanding allows for better gpu utilization especially since with the new amd cards crossfire is now being done via PCI lanes rather than a bridge? Interested to hear thoughts. Thank you very much in advance.
Also was looking at this elegant nonenclosed case and was wondering if anyone had thoughts instead of the phantom.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E168...
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Type|Item|Price
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**CPU** | [Intel Core i7-4770K 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor](
http://pcpartpicker.com/part/intel-cpu-bx80646i74770k) | $319.98 @ OutletPC
**CPU Cooler** | [Noctua NH-D14 65.0 CFM CPU Cooler](
http://pcpartpicker.com/part/noctua-cpu-cooler-nhd14) | $74.99 @ SuperBiiz
**Thermal Compound** | [Arctic Silver 5 High-Density Polysynthetic Silver 3.5g Thermal Paste](
http://pcpartpicker.com/part/arctic-silver-thermal-past...) | $6.73 @ OutletPC
**Motherboard** | [Gigabyte GA-Z87X-UD4H ATX LGA1150 Motherboard](
http://pcpartpicker.com/part/gigabyte-motherboard-gaz87...) | $159.99 @ Newegg
**Memory** | [Kingston HyperX Blu 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1333 Memory](
http://pcpartpicker.com/part/kingston-memory-khx1333c9d...) | $64.99 @ Amazon
**Memory** | [Kingston HyperX Blu 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1333 Memory](
http://pcpartpicker.com/part/kingston-memory-khx1333c9d...) | $64.99 @ Amazon
**Storage** | [Samsung 840 Pro Series 256GB 2.5" Solid State Disk](
http://pcpartpicker.com/part/samsung-internal-hard-driv...) | $221.99 @ Mac Mall
**Storage** | [Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive](
http://pcpartpicker.com/part/western-digital-internal-h...) | $59.98 @ OutletPC
**Video Card** | [Gigabyte Radeon R9 290 4GB Video Card](
http://pcpartpicker.com/part/gigabyte-video-card-gvr929...) (2-Way CrossFire) | $431.58 @ Mwave
**Video Card** | [Gigabyte Radeon R9 290 4GB Video Card](
http://pcpartpicker.com/part/gigabyte-video-card-gvr929...) (2-Way CrossFire) | $431.58 @ Mwave
**Case** | [NZXT Phantom (White) ATX Full Tower Case](
http://pcpartpicker.com/part/nzxt-case-phan001wt) | $99.99 @ Microcenter
**Power Supply** | [Corsair 1200W 80+ Platinum Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply](
http://pcpartpicker.com/part/corsair-power-supply-ax120...) | $336.98 @ Newegg
**Operating System** | [Microsoft Windows 8.1 - OEM (64-bit)](
http://pcpartpicker.com/part/microsoft-os-wn700615) | $89.98 @ OutletPC
**Monitor** | [Asus VG248QE 144Hz 24.0" Monitor](
http://pcpartpicker.com/part/asus-monitor-vg248qe) | $266.99 @ B&H
**Monitor** | [Asus VG248QE 144Hz 24.0" Monitor](
http://pcpartpicker.com/part/asus-monitor-vg248qe) | $266.99 @ B&H
**Monitor** | [Asus VG248QE 144Hz 24.0" Monitor](
http://pcpartpicker.com/part/asus-monitor-vg248qe) | $266.99 @ B&H
**Monitor** | [Asus VG248QE 144Hz 24.0" Monitor](
http://pcpartpicker.com/part/asus-monitor-vg248qe) | $266.99 @ B&H
**Monitor** | [Asus VG248QE 144Hz 24.0" Monitor](
http://pcpartpicker.com/part/asus-monitor-vg248qe) | $266.99 @ B&H
| | **Total**
| Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available. | $3698.70
| Generated by PCPartPicker 2013-12-07 13:14 EST-0500 |